There is a beast in the bright morning.

Chapter 81 Which is the Dream?

The Xie Zhi was once a very busy beast that often traveled the world on its own instincts, punishing evil and upholding justice in its heart.

However, after arriving at the Deer Man Shop, his once busy life was gone forever.

Nowadays, the Xie Zhi spends its days either teaching children like Walnut and Lucky Boy, drinking tea, listening to music, or getting a beauty treatment at the beauty salon run by Rabbit God.

Alternatively, the Xie Zhi would also play games with its subordinates, and sometimes it would visit the Qi Xiang to see if it was playing mahjong again. Life suddenly became much more leisurely.

That morning, Xie Zhi had just finished teaching Hao Chen and the others. In the afternoon, he brought the test papers he had prepared in advance, preparing to conduct a diagnostic test.

When the Xie Zhi arrived, it immediately said, "Hello everyone, today we're going to have a diagnostic test to see how well you've been studying and whether you've remembered what the teacher has said."

Fu-zai said confidently, "Thank you, Teacher. Fu-zai is ready."

On the other side, Walnut panicked the moment she heard about the exam. She hurriedly took out her books and flipped through them frantically, trying to memorize as much as possible before the exam: "What am I going to do? I can't remember anything! I'm doomed, my parents are going to be called in."

The Xie Zhi could tell at a glance that after He Tao went back, he probably didn't do any pre-study or review, and was just playing around.

However, after looking around, Xie Zhi only saw the confident Fu Zai and He Tao, who was frantically flipping through books at the last minute, but he couldn't find Hao Chen.

Xie Zhi frowned, feeling somewhat displeased. He wondered if Hao Chen knew he had an exam that afternoon and was afraid of failing, so he skipped class again.

Although Xie Zhi suspected that Hao Chen was probably skipping class to go out and play again, she still asked him to avoid any misunderstandings.

"Fu-zai, Walnut, do you know where Hao-chen went? Why didn't he come to class?"

After hearing what the Xie Zhi said, Fu Zai and He Tao looked at each other and shook their heads, saying, "We don't know."

Walnut added, "The Four-Faced Beast said that after Haochen went back today, he hurriedly went out with that little lizard again, without saying where they were going."

"Oh, I see. From now on, do your tests carefully and don't cheat, or you'll be punished if you get caught."

The long horn on the top of the Xie Zhi's head lit up, which startled Walnut, who nodded repeatedly to indicate that he understood. He often saw Hao Chen being tossed around by Teacher Xie Zhi and crying in pain, so he naturally knew how terrifying Teacher Xie Zhi's horn was.

Afterwards, Walnut and Fuzai obediently started working on their test papers. Fuzai was fine; the pen in his paw kept moving, clearly indicating that the questions given by the Xiezhi were not difficult for Fuzai.

Walnut, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. He was scratching his forehead and cheeks, his two tails twitching incessantly, but he hadn't written a single word with the pen in his hand.

"What should we do? This is so difficult, I have no idea how to do it. Why don't we watch how Fu-zai does it?"

Just as Walnut quietly turned around to see how Fuzi did it, Xie Zhi's voice suddenly rang out behind Walnut: "No cheating!"

"Mwah! Yes, Walnut is super well-behaved. Walnut doesn't cheat. Walnut's neck is just a little sore."

Walnut, whose tail hairs stood on end from being frightened by the Xie Zhi, naturally dared not cheat, not only because of the Xie Zhi's long horns, but also because the Xie Zhi would actually invite the Four Unlikes to talk.

As Walnut's current guardian beast, the Four-Faced Beast not only takes care of Walnut, but also spanks Walnut's bottom when Walnut makes a mistake.

This is also why Walnut is afraid of the Xie Zhi asking the Qilin to talk; he has been spanked by the Qilin a few times and has developed a psychological trauma from it.

In fact, Xie Zhi doesn't need to worry about these things at all, because Walnut, being a poor student, has a different learning pace than Fu Zai.

Fuzai is now learning calculus, while Hetao is still learning addition, subtraction, multiplication, and arithmetic. Naturally, their test papers are different. Even if you gave Hetao Fuzai's test paper to copy, Hetao probably wouldn't be able to copy it.

While the Xie Zhi was proctoring the exam, its eyelids suddenly twitched, and it sensed a gust of wind behind it. Instinctively, the Xie Zhi jumped forward.

"bang"

A large rock landed where the Xie Zhi had just been standing. If the Xie Zhi hadn't dodged it, it would probably have been hit by the rock.

"who is it……"

As soon as the Xie Zhi opened its mouth, a mythical beast appeared in front of them. It had red fur all over its body, a pair of sharp horns on its head that grew backward, black ear tips and the fur ball at the end of its tail, a pair of black wings on its back, and claws as sharp as eagle claws.

This mythical beast was none other than Qiongqi, the Xie Zhi CP that Hao Chen had been longing for. After learning from Taotie that Xie Zhi was near the deer man's shop, Qiongqi rushed over without stopping.

As the saying goes, red and blue have always been a perfect match. As soon as Qiongqi appeared, it pounced on Xiezhi and with a "thud", it pressed a claw on Xiezhi's shoulder.

Qiongqi gave a wicked smile: "Ha! It's rare to see you so surprised. What, have you forgotten my face after all this time? Hehehe..."

Qiongqi, one of the four ancient evil spirits, has dragon horns and black wings. It is known for its betrayal of trust and loyalty, its gluttony of kind people, and its 48 smaller Qiongqi clones. In human society, it would be a definite evil force.

The Xie Zhi, an ancient mythical beast, has a single horn, a high forehead, and a robust physique; it is just and brave, and adept at distinguishing between loyalty and treachery; it touches the unjust and bites the wicked; those suspected of being guilty tremble at its name.

Qiongqi and Xiezhi have completely opposite personalities, so they have had many conflicts before. Although Qiongqi always provokes first, Xiezhi usually wins.

The Xie Zhi glared at Qiong Qi: "What are you doing here? You're not planning to do anything bad, are you?"

Just then, Taotie rolled out from beside Qiongqi and shouted, "Where's Haochen? I brought Qiongqi, but where's the other beast?"

Hearing Taotie's words, Xie Zhi asked with some doubt: "You mean this annoying fellow was summoned by Hao Chen?"

Upon hearing Xie Zhi's words, Taotie immediately had an idea. Hao Chen often robbed him, and Xie Zhi had also thwarted his plans to take over the body many times. In Taotie's eyes, neither of them were good people.

"Since that's the case, I'll let them fight like dogs, hehe!" Taotie chuckled inwardly, but said aloud, "That's right, Haochen heard that Qiongqi is your enemy, so he asked me to call Qiongqi over, so you won't have time to deal with him."

Hao Chen was unaware of Taotie's betrayal, which foreshadowed the later incident where Hao Chen was inexplicably attacked by Xie Zhi.

Walnut and Fuzi sensed something was wrong the moment Qiongqi appeared, and immediately went to find Tianlu for help.

"Fu-zai, you stay here and watch over things. I'll go find Pi-pi. We can't let Teacher Xie be bullied."

Fortunately, Tianlu was taking a nap at the Deer Man's shop in the afternoon, and Walnut quickly brought Tianlu back: "Pipi, hurry up, or Teacher Xie will be bullied by that red monster."

"I know walnuts now. I'm super fast, look at my 'Pipi Wind and Fire Wheels'!"

Meanwhile, in a white room, Hao Chen opened his eyes: "Where am I? How did I get here? I remember I was forging weapons and then got swept into a strange river?"

Just as Hao Chen was recalling what happened before he lost consciousness, he suddenly heard a "thud" and something was knocked to the ground.

Hao Chen turned around and looked at the doorway, where he saw a young and beautiful woman looking at him with disbelief.

"Mudman?! I've been arrested?" Hao Chen frowned.

Suddenly, the pretty young woman ran towards the door and exclaimed, "Director, the person in the vegetative state has woken up!"

"Wait, what... what's going on? This is my hand? Where's my hair?"

Hao Chen quickly reached out to stop him, but what he saw was a human hand.

Although he was human in his previous life, after transmigrating into a Pixiu, he found it difficult to adapt to seeing the hands of ordinary people.

Just as Hao Chen was still pondering what was going on, a group of people burst in. The leader was a middle-aged doctor in a white coat, who should be the director the nurse had mentioned earlier.

The director excitedly grabbed Hao Chen's arm and said, "You're finally awake! Do you remember when you collapsed on the way here and were brought here unconscious? You were even diagnosed as a vegetable. I never expected you to wake up. This is truly a medical miracle!"

"Wait, he said I was taken to the hospital unconscious and treated like a vegetable? Then all the things I experienced in that world were just dreams?"

Hao Chen was shocked and found it hard to accept the doctor's words. Everything seemed so real, how could it be a dream?

On one side was the incredibly real "dream" he experienced when he traveled through a world with beasts, and on the other side were the doctors and nurses in front of him, who were as real as could be.

For a moment, Haochen was in a state of confusion, unable to distinguish which was the dream...

(To find out what happens next, stay tuned for the next episode.)